Added Fleet Posts

October 26, 1993

Frederick C. Copeland Jr., president of Hartford-based Fleet Bank, has been named to the additional positions of chairman and chief executive officer, the bank said Monday.

Copeland succeeds Robert J. Higgins, the chairman and CEO who last March was named vice chairman for commercial lending for the bank's parent Fleet Financial Group of Providence. Fleet Financial reorganized its management as part of an effort to streamline operations.

Copeland, a longtime Citicorp executive who joined Fleet in January, will retain his responsibilities as president and director of the Hartford bank and will continue to report to Higgins, the bank said